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PAGE SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 198Z
WCHA RACE:
Last Year's Also-Hans Strong
By BILL BULLARD
The top three teams in last sea-
son's Western Collegiate Hockey|;
Association final standings will|
have to fight hard to retain their1
superiority over the upstart four
teams that finished below the .5004
mark last season.
Although it is early in the sea-;
son and no team has played more,
than four WCHA games, it ap-
pears that Michigan State, North
Dakota, Minnesota, and Colorado
College have much improved
squads. The top three of a year
ago-Michigan Tech, Michigan,
and Denver-are not over the .500
mark in WCHA action so far.
Only Exhibition
Michigan has blasted two non-
league opponents twice each but'
in the WCHA is 0-2. These two
defeats were close-2-1 (overtime)
and 4-3 decisions to Michigan
State. The weekend series with
Denver will be an important one
for both teams as neither, with a
long season ahead, can afford to
lose more games than it has. How-
ever, it seems certain that no
team this year will dominate the
league like Michigan Tech ,17-3)
and Michigan (15-3) did last sea-
son.
North Dakota demonstrated its
improvement over last season in
two games last weekend against
Michigan State. The Sioux scored
an amazing 16 goals against All-
American goalie John Chandik in
the two nights. Winning the first
night 11-4,'the Sioux played a good
offensive game the following night
but lost 6-5.
Michigan Tech, NCAA and,
WCHA champion, has already split
a two-game series with both Den-
ver -and Minnesota. The Huskiesi
traded victories with the Gophersl
2-3, and 1-0 and then split a pair;
3-1, 2-4 with Denver.
Colorado College has yet to play,
a WCHA game but it shouldn't be
the pushover it was last season.
The Tigers lost 18 straight games
in the WCHA last season. This sea-
son the Tigers strated out by
breaking a 24-game losing streak,
defeating McMasters 9-6.
Most of the WCHA teams, how-
ever, will sharpen up for the tough
league games in the two months
after Christmas vacation with
non-league encounters during the
vacation period. Michigan is not
amon gthese teams and will not
compete during the vacation. Last
season, the Wolverine pucksters
won the Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute hockey tournament
-Daily-Bruce Taylor
STOPPED SHOT-Michigan State's All-American goalie, John
Chandik, kicks out a shot by Michigan forward Gary Butler (18)
on his way to a 2-1 overtime win over the Wolverines. Last week-
end he wasn't so lucky as North Dakota poured 16 goals past him
in two games.
DUKE SECOND:
learcats Voted Top in Nation
Cincinnati Favored in NCAA Race
By LLOYD GRAirFF(Babe) McCarthy knows that the(His offense is a revolving pattern Taylor has resorted -to a slower Other teams which will vie for
Writing a basketball preview can best way to beat a hot hand is to intended to shake Heyman, or any- game than last year due to re- the honors include Bowling Green.
be compared to a blind man writ- freeze it. He has the boys to give one else, loose for an easy jumper. duced speed, but so far his team Coach Harold Anderson has been
ing a descriptive essay. any team the shivers. ; OSU-Again? has been equally successful. Those lavish in his praise of super-stars
Now, for stabs into the basket- Another southern school, Duke, As if one great Ohio team isn't who hoped that the dynasty had Nate Thurmond, Howard Komives,
.ball firmament. will pierce the national rankings. enough, the Buckeyes of Ohio ended will be disappointed. and Wavey Junior. The Falcons
Even a blind man would prob- The main reason for their as- State are again a power. Another Big Ten team, Illinois, ran up a 21-4 season record in
ably predict another national cendancy is Art Heyman who may Fred Taylor's squad, despite the will probably be solidly entrenched forging to a national title.
championship for the Bearcats of well be the best college basketball loss of a trio of last year's runners- in the top ten of the country. Har- West Virginia, led by Rod Thorn,
Cincinnati. Coach Ed Jucker lost player in the country, and cer- up, is again a top team. The vital ry Combes is banking heavily on Kentucky, possessing Cotton Nash
rugged center Paul Hogue from last tainly is one of the most colorful. figure in Buckeye plans is Gary sophomores. Skip Thoren, a 6'10" and Adolph Rupp, Oregon State
year s national champions but he Heyman, acclaimed and criticized Bradds who was Jerry Lucas' un- center, puts the pressure of Bill h
is the only one missing. George for the intensity of his play, aver- derstudy last year. Burwell at center. BogieRedman,wit seven-footer Mel Counts,
Wilson, an agile 6'8" forward may aged 25.3 points per game last year. Bradds has averaged 25 points a 6'6" moose, may secure a for- Stanford, under the on-court
move to Hogue's old spot to cap- He is complemented by Jeff Mul- per game this year leading Ohio ward spot, and Tal Brody has se- leadership of Tom Dose, and St.
italize on his rebounding prowess. lins, panther-like forward to four consecutive wins, includ- cured a guard spot. Dave Downey, Louis, coached by John Benington,
Bear Gunner Coach Vic Bubas, Blue Devil ing one over touted West Virginia. a 20-point forward last year, and will be battling for that coveted
Ron Bonham, the gunner of the mentor, has good height at center Two veterans. Doug McDonald and Bill Small, both seniors, have the number one ranking in the na-
Bearcats, will still be at the for- and a pair of speedsters at guard. Dick Reasbeck supplant Bradds. duty of settling the sophomores. tion.
ward shot. Picked on several pre- __ _ -------- --___- ------ - - -_________
seasonsAll-American teams, the
whiz from Muncie, Ind., has devel-
oped into a good defensive basket- §
ball player to make him an asset
on both sides of the court. Con-
nie Heidotting, 6'8", will probably 9
fill out the front line. Wilson will,
probably play the pivot, his nat-
ural position, and Heidotting a §
forward.'e
In the backcourt Tony Yates
and Tom Thacker are both great f
performers. Yates is a cat on de-
fense, and Thacker a playmaker
magnifique. Both guards delight in §
pilfering loose balls, and generally
humiliating the opposing guards.
Cincinnati, under Coach EdJh
Jucker, is the early favorite for .
the national title, but remembers$
what happened to the Ohio State y}r
football team which couldn't lose^
but did.
Little Challenger
Pursuing the Bearcats for top
ranking will be a little Catholic -<
school, from the north side of k
Chicago, named Loyola. Loyola '
subscribes to the simple "three R"
formula of basketball strategy, re-
bound, run, and run. And then
they run some more and more, and §
more. ,
The Redmen, coached by Georget
Ireland, are experienced and bal-
anced. Their five starters all aver-
age in double figures. Loyola's of-Ot
fense, however, is not based on a § 4 a O
quintet. Ireland shuffles replace- §
ments in and out. Gerry Hark-
ness, a 6'3" forward from Brook-(i e S
lyn, usually leads the team's of- ° greeive , 1 .-
fense with aid from two vicious r'id a
rebounders, Vic Rouse and Les Viyeijg shirt f
Hunter. Vfo r
The Redmen have averaged 108 gr lqttyts
points per game after three gamesiwo
this season with an average mar- I 'a
gin of victory of a scant 55 points. OO
A superb defense might hold ,et a/d e
Loyola under the 80 point mark, Ss &,tl$rLt e us df
and then again it might not, '' S/arirz a' is will &Yttani
Opposite - ;:l- *el i "e 2ac -notfade-tto;
Diametrically opposed to Loy- r "47/ r tS/a ozld i eor
ola in basketball strategy is Mis- youers for r s - ri We
sissippi State. As deliberate as the liJ4i,1 lve tie so ' .sw ill
Redmen are fast, the Bulldogs use *" IYocol
ball handling and defense to sub-w
due their opposition. They lost just; - - t i d., fatit i O.ai / Ot t
one game out of 25 last year and § of al0redV
six of their first seven men have y e
returned, including pre-season Iecov
All-American choice W. D. Red Srr ness
Stroud at guard. .:O.
The Bulldogs will resort to a R7,S
fast break to build an early lead, 1750
then hide in their impregnableS.
ball-control shell. Coach James+t+9
College
1 8 l§'est Virginia , Richmond 59 oe
Duke 90, Vanderbit 70
N.C Stae 7, Prylnd 4130t Openth itsoDc
William & Mary 71, Virginia 69 OXXFORD CLOTHES BURBERRY COATS the nights of Dec
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Capital 82, Wilmington 72 I
1 Ohio Wesleyan 83, Mount Union 61 3
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By The Associated Press
The Cincinnati Bearcats, letting
its impressive record speak for it-
self, ruled a near-unanimous
choice yesterday as collegiate bas-
ketball's No. 1 team in the weekly
Associated Press poll.
Ed Jucker's veteran crew,
which finished second to Ohio
State in last year's regular sea-
son rankings but then whipped
the Buckeyes in the NCAA cham-
pionship, seemed determined to
justify its lofty rating. The Bear-
cats also were first a week ago.
Cincinnati won its first four
games handily to earn the plau-
dits of the panel of sports writers
and sportscasters participating in
the poll. Of 45 ballots cast, the
Bearcats received 44 first place
votes and one for second. Duke
collected the other first place vote.
Duke piled up enough second
place votes to remain in the run-
ner-up spot. The Blue Devils have
won all three of their starts and
polled 365 points.
Ohio State, 76-69 upset victor of
West Virginia Saturday night, has
won four in a row to move into
the top ten for the first time. The
Buckeyes ranked third with 212
points.
The other clubs to break into
the elite group for the first time
this week were Colorado, the de-
fending Big Eight titlist, and Illi-
nois of the Big Ten. Colorado, 3-0,
ranked eighth and Illinois, 2-0,
was 10th. Records include games
through last Saturday.
Loyola of Chicago maintained
its hold on fourth, place and Mis-
sissippi State remained fifth. Both
clubs enhanced their stature Mon-
day night, Loyola crushing Wis-
consin-Milwaukee 107-47 and Mis-
sissippi State overwhelming Loui-
siana- College 83-59.
The top ten teams are:
8. Colorado 3 0
9. Oregon State 1 1
10. Illinois 2 0
Other teams receiving votes, list-
ed alphabetically: Arizona State,
Auburn, Bradley, Bowling Green,
California, Colorado State, Con-
necticut, Creighton, Dayton, Drake,
Georgia Tech, Houston, Idaho,
Iowa State, Kentucky, Marquette,
Michigan State, Minnesota, NYU,
North Carolina, Notre Dame, Ok-
lahoma, Oklahoma State, Provi-
dence, Santa Clara, Seattle, Stan-
ford, St. Bonaventure, St. Louis,
Southern California, Tennessee,
Texas, Virginia Tech and Wichita.
1.
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Cincinnati (44)
Duke (1)
Ohio State
Chicago Loyola
Mississippi State
West Virginia
Wisconsin
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Gotham Bowl Game
May Be Televised
NEW YORK P-) - New York's
Gotham Bowl game between the
Miami and Nebraska football
teams, scheduled for this Satur-
day at Yankee Stadium, definitely
will be played and televised, direc-
tor Bob Curran said yesterday.
The game was seriously threat-
ened Monday when the two col-
leges demanded $60,000 in expense
money to be placed in escrow be-
fore their teams left their cam-
puses. The demands were made
on the heels of the report that
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A promise to get up the money
was made yesterday by Curran who
declared, "We are annoyed by
this request but we will meet it.
We've already paid the full
amount of the rental for Yankee
Stadium and all our other expenses
have been paid right up to date.
This request is a bit unusual but
we'll meet it. The ticket sale is
promising."
Bill Pierre, executive vice-presi-
dent of the Gotham Bowl, said
he was hopeful of an announce-
ment "either today or tomorrow"
of a television tie-up with a ma-
jor network.
"We're negotiating with two
major networks-CBS and ABC-
for the television rights," said
Pierre. "I assure you the game
will be televised nationally. It is
not a matter of lack of interest,
but a matter of price."
! ABC, which televised the game
last year, dropped its option but
Pierre insisted the system had re-
newed its interest.
Knicks Spurt
Beats Celts;
Lakers Win
By The Associated Press
NEW YORK-The New Yorl
Knicks outscored Boston 26-15 ir
the second quarter performance
and went on to defeat the Cel-
tics 95-87 last night in the second
game of a National Basketball As-
sociation doubleheader before 15,-
237 at Madison Square Garden.
The Los Angeles Lakers held
off a rally by the Cincinnati Roy-
als in the final minutes for a
124-121 victory in the first game.
The Knicks opened a 24-poini
lead, 63-39, early in the thirc
period with a 14-point string and
then had to fight off the rallying
Celtics in winning their fourth ir
a row. It was the first four-gamt
victory string for New York ir
two seasons.
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